23 SEPTEMBER 1871, Page 16

[TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE " STEPTATOR.1

Sin,—Witli reference to Professor Fawcett's letter of last week upon your infelicitous conjunction of my name with his, I am happy to be able to disabuse his mind of one hallucination. I am not aware that I over read a page of the Professor's writings, and

am certain that his name and opinions were entirely absent from my thoughts when 1 wrote'[ Ginx'e Baby."—I am, Sir, &c., Li'nwasin JERKINS.